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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1887-09-07
Gas Well at HarrisOnvIlle.

Mr.. A. G. Deacon had on his
place in the eastern part of the city |
Il veil of usual size, about 40 feet |
deep. Not furnishing enough water
for family use he employed Stewart
Bros, of Coldwater township to
bore an eight inch hole in the bot
tom Of the well, with the intention
Of going down till he found an abun-
dance of water. When the drill had
reached the depth of about 80 feet
rumbling noise was heard in thewell
and the drill was raised. The pres
ence of gas was suspected as the
cause Of the unusual noise, and a
piece of lighted ton was thrown in
the well. An explosion followed
whick was heard q quarter of q mile
away. The flame shot up 20 or 80
feet in the air, causing great excite
ment in the neigborhood- The
force of the explosion blew away a
good deal of the wall of the old we'll
displaced part of the machinery
and played haToc with the loose
plank and stone laying around tht
mouth of the well. A large piece o
plank was blown 70 or 50 feet ant
a heavy stone 100 feet A ston
from the top of the well fell over tn
drilled hole, shutting off the gas
and the fame soon went out Thi
has been removed and the 1a1mblin,
, Mt the bottom Of the well continue
as loud as ever
Mr.. Deacon Immediately made a
! rangements to have piping put in t
, test the strength of the new fine
The Messrs- Sharp are doing th
l work, and expected to have ever.
1 thing in readiness yesterday, but "
had to go to press before the exper
Iment was tried.
Nearly all of our citizens have vi
: tied the well, and are confident tn,
n gas has been found In paying qua
!, titles, but will curb their enth1
e siasm until further development
!, occur. We can believe we are
s gas belt, and it can be four
# in abundance without much effo1
If The future of HarrisonviEe brighten
g gIet her boom,-Cass Co. Dem.
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The King Of Gas Wells.

Louisville, KY, Aug. 31.-Twsnty-
Eve miles from this place down the
Ohio river and upon the Indiana
side, the Union Gas company, OF
Louisville, has struck a magnificent
flow Of natural gas at a depth OF 400
feet. The flow of gas amounts to
at least TIVE hundred cubic feet a
second, which would amount to
about II, 900, 900 cubic feet day.
The greatest flow of nstural gas in
this country heretofore has been
from the Harg well at Findlay,
O., which is 10000, 600 cubic feet in
twenty-four hours.
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Order Of Publication.
STATE or Missouri, }
County of Bates {

County of Bates S.
In the circuit oour. of said county. xoscnhss
Madison xdsms, plaintiff. IS. Laura Adass.-
Now g this day comes the piaintia hsrsaa;
tie circuit court Of Bates county, In vacation.
and files his petition sad amdavtt, eusesAGs
among other things. that defendant. Ls..A
eouri: Whereupon Il /. ordered by the cle!k -
vacation, that said defendant be notified ~
publication that plaintiff has commenced o9ts
:.,; hsr IN n ' s"a =. ssar: 4
which IL TO obtain decree Of divorce ftem she
bonds Of mst1fmony hefetofore contrecse6 80
entered into between plaintiff and dei1da7e.
sSth day ofseptembsr 1854. without reasona1ho
OF inst cause absent her.elf from and aban4ca
plaintiff and has since that time continued -
hsrs1 from S.spe pa9,sf 81 ,ss
gilmore tnan one year and thAt unieea tne -
Laura Adams be and appear ut this court. q 9c
next term thereof, TO be begun snd holden esSno
", o.. tne seventh day OF November next. .sd
on or before the sixth day Of said term, Qe
| term shall 30 long continue-and II noss ia
Sr 70 shs the . z q s.d lac ne
| with be taken q confessed. snd tudGnent Val
be rendered accordingly. And be itfMthss g.
dered. that 2 copy hereof be Rrnnsne1: -
| q weekly newspaper printed and publishe1i ir
Bates county, Missouri, for four weeks s0er
cessiyely, the last insertion to be at least fou.
weeks before the frst day OF the next term o.
'"'1 JOHN c. HAYES, Circuit Ciert.
A true copy from the record.
witnesss my hand and the seal of the c,ssas, ne y,
[srAL.l conrtof Bates county, this iSsh ds' o.
: AusuA'' JoHNC. HAYES. Circuit Clerk.
3s-4t Calvin r. Boxier. Atty for PiainsiI
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A Post Office Gutted.

Concordia, Kas., Aug. 3O.-The
post-office here was robbed by
sneak thief or thieves Saturday OF
about $3.50 in stamps and $500 in
cash. The job was done while q
circus procession was passing
through the street, entrance being
made by rear window while the
clerks and postmaster were observing
the show. The thieves were hurried,
as they left $40 in gold right in
sight, scattered under the stamps.
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A HIT at Tuttle.

If the Utes fight It will be undera
leadership other than Colorows.
He is unpopular with both the I'm
capahgre and Southern Utes, and
has just small following among the
White Rivers. He is a most quar-
relsome and treacherous old sinner,
and there is nothing on record to
show where he ever engaged in a
contest with whites where the wea-
pons we're more destructive than his
mouth. Colorow belongs to the
Tuttle brand of warriors: s'No fight;
heap steal Colorado Muldoon.
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BY m order made by the County Court -
Bates county, No, and 70 me directed, for the
Of . bridge scross Z. branch -.
Despwster creek, on the Butler and Appleton
City road. situated on the township limo b.
tween towns 80 and 70 Of range -, I win pro.
ceed 70 let the contract for the above descsfbed
bridge, at public vendue. to the lowest bidder.
city OF Butler, county OF Bates and e3ats of
Missouri, on
Thursday, Sept. LIST, 1887,
between the hours Of o. clock In the forene0n
and O. clock In the afternoon Of that day.
bids subject to approval by the court. Brid1s
70 be King Rod Truss OF % feet span. wuR
Ut same time let the excavation OF Nils y -
and specifications now ON fllc in my once.
GEO. T. CATTEHlIN,
BYidge C0mmisaioner.
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Fined and Fired.

Eureka Springs, Ark, Aug. 81
The case Of county clerk H. H.
Moore, which was tried YESTERDAY in
Berryville on an Indictment for fali-
ing to publish the financial statement
of the county in the time specified
by law, resulted in a verdict Of
guilty, a fine of $40 and judgment
removing him from Office. Aspecial
election will now be in order. The
two remaining indictments were con
tinued.
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IT WoN'r BAKE BREAD.-In other
words, Hoods SarsapariIla won't do i'm
possibilities Its proprietors tell plainly
what il has done, submit proofs from
sources of unquestioned reliability. and
ask you frankly if you are suffering from
any disease or affection caused or pro-
NOTED by impure blood or low state of
the system to try Hoods Sarsaparilla.
The experience OF Others is sufficient as
surance that you will not be disappoint-
ed in the result.
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MASONIL.
sutier Lodge, No. asa, meets the first
.mrday In each month.
1iami Chapter Royal Arch Masons,
8, meets second Thursday in each
neath.
Gouley Commandery Knights Templar
~ the frat Tuesday In each month.
10. o. FELLOwS.
sates Lodge No. $50 meets every Mon.
/! night,
1 !atler Encampment No. 6 meets the
= and Ath Wednesdays in each month
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q1gsr! A neglected cold or cough may
to Pneumonia, Consumption or other fataa
.ose. etrong'o poctoral Pills will cure
9 by magic. Best thing for dyspepsia.ia ID
(1uei0n. sick headache rs thousands TESTIFY.
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rabie no. Pacific e. R
..,,eroS & SOUTHERN BkANCH.)

-,,eroS & SOUTHERN BkANCH.)
..ccing Sunday, May 10th, and
4 ,,sher notice, trains will leave
ID sioIlows:
GOING NORTH.
,,.-Texas Express. s........4:45 A NJ
,x-K. c. Express. ss........ 7:S5 Pm
,u--Accommodation.. ...2 200 P M
GOING SOUTH.
,u-Texas Express. s........o:I4 M
Xxx. G. Express. s.......II:4 40 A NJ
|,n--Aecommodation.. on......S:55 A M
S. L. " E. Div.
CONG WEST.
r1-Passenger. r...........Ii:5o A NJ
us-Accomodation. 9:5c A NJ
GOING EAST.
|t6-Passenger.. 7:35 M
|,G-Accomodation.. 2:IO P NJ
1 ass,seneer trains make direct con-
m for ST. Louis and all points east
= md oil points south, Colorado,
inuia and all points west and north
For rates and other information
4 IA E, X. CARNEs. Agent.
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Lawyers.

y.ADGER
LAWYER.
waetice In slI courts. All legal business
attended 70. Once over Bates Co. Ma
hank, Butler, Mo.
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IkANcisco. s. p. Francisco.
AANclSCO BROS. Attorneys at
Law, Butler, Mo-, will practice In
sesrts of Bates and adjoining
Intls. Prompt attention given to col
bss. Office over Wright Il Glorius'
tvase store. 20
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
: The Maine Liquor Law.

AUGUSTA, June S.-!The prohibitory
law of Maine has just received a most
terrific setback in this vicinity. The
people are everywhere discussing the
new phase put on the liquor question by
the recent action Of Michael Burns, q
we'll known liquor dealer of this city,
who has brought to Augusta from Liver
pool large invoice of foreign distilled
apirits, which he is selling to all who
wish to purchase. He closed his shop in
March last and departed for Liverpool,
where be entered into negotiations with
one of the largest importing houses in
that city for an unlimited supply of all
kinds of distilled spirits. The United
States protects all persons importing
liquors from foreign countries from
prosecution under any State prohibitory
Law for selling such goods In the original
unbroken packages, and the dealer has
landed in this city an advance lot of
Irish whisky and Jamaica rum. The
goods came through the Portland Gus.
tom House and arrived here by freight.
When the goods reached the depot they
were lcaCsu Upou Calt auu uauIeu
through the streets, the police looking
upon the scene with wildly staring eyes.
It was an unusual thing to witness the
transportation of liquor through the
town in broad daylight, and of course it
attracted great attention. The store is
now stocked with the goods, and they
are piled up in his windows before the
admiring gaze of all opponents of the
prohibitory law. The retail price of the
goods has been made 30 low as to be in
easy reach of the purchasing public, and
the sales have already been very large.
The officers are surprised at the affair
and every lawyer in town has been
engaged in looking up the Law bearing
upon the sale of imported liquors in
their original packages.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
a Hail Storm Kills a Lake.

A special from Georgetown to the Co.
lumbia Register Gays: The following
story of strange phenomenon will
appear in the Enquirer of this week. In
the southwestern corner of Georgetown
county, in Eantee swamp, about FIVE
miles beloR Lenud's ferry, is large
lake known as Dawho lake, widely cele-
brated for its g.eat quantity of excellent
fish of all kinds. About two weeks
since q terrific bail storm passed over
this place, of several hours duration,
beating the limbs and leaves off the trees
into the lake in great quantities and
damaging the crops in the vicinity very
much. A few days after said storm the
fish in the lake began to appear upon
the surface of the water by thousands in
dying condition, the number increasing
daily until now the whole surface of the
water is covered with them.
Mr.. Thomas, who owns large field
alongside of the lake, containing one
hundred acres, says that he is sure there
we're dead fish enough b in the lake to
cover his field sill over foot deep. The
water of this lake has always been of 8
whitish color, but now it is as black as
ink and quite bitter. It is said that the
fish would approach the shore struggling
as if to get on the land. Alligators,
cooters and snakes were seen leaving the
lake in great numbers. Dawho Lake is
about one and half miles long, from
ten to thirty feet deep and from one to
two hundred yards wide.
The stencil arising from so large a
mass of dead fish is dreadful. The buz.
yards are having high carnival. Upon
the approach OF any one they rise to fly,
making a noise about similar to the
roaring of the late August earthquake.
Adjacent lakes are not affected.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
Bound to Hare a Cotton Mill.

Oflate our local papers have been Civ
ing the proposed Laurens cotton factory
black eye That was done in spirit
Of kindness, however, and for the pur.
pose of arousing the people to a proper
appreciation Of the Importance of the
enterprise, as we'll as to point out the
consequences of failure. It is just as
certain that the factory will be built as
that honest, united effort always succeeds
in legitimate undertaking. It was not
expected in the outset that active opera.
tions, other than soliciting subscriptions,
would begin before October. In this we
we're mistaken. Work will begin at
once.
A joint stock company for the manu-.
facture of brick has been raised and will
organize permanently to day. The
capital stock is FIVE thousand dollars. Its
first work will be to manufacture brick
enough for the cotton factory and put
them in as stock. I understand that
sixty thousand dollars have already been
subscribed, every dollar of it in Laurena
County. This amount will be largely
increased. Many farmers are withhold.
ing their subscriptions until the crops
are further advanced 80 that they can
subscribe intelligently. I said in the
beginning of the agitation, and l repeat
it now. that the factory will be in opera.
lion by the fall of 1883.
Some of our Charleston friends have
purchased the Mountain Shoals property
from Representative W. A. McClintock
for the purpose of building cotton mill.
This is great enterprise, and both Lau.
rens and Spartanburg Counties will be
greatly Observation-Disclosures G0rrespon.
dence News and Courier, June 10.
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Efforts to "wlIspor" Blaine Out.

Mr.. Geo. G. Gorham, one OF the most
practical and straight forward of stal.
wart republicans, expresses the opinion
that the republican national convention
will not dare to nominate Blaine.
Blaine, he says, is being whispered out
of the canvass and does not himself know
what to do. Some of Mr.. Blaine's
friends, and Mr.. Gorham is not one of
them, think really that one of the prin.
cipal reasons why he has gone to Europe
is because he wishes to be out of the
way and let events shape themselves,
The doubts thrown around the prospects
of republican success in case of the can
didacy of Mr.. Blaine are what worry
him and his immediate adherents, and
this is what Mr.. Gorham meant when he
says he is being whispered out of the
canvass. Mr.. Gorham thinks the repub.
cans can elect the next president, but to
do it they must nominate John Sherman.
He says Sherman is about the only great
leader the republicans have left, and if
they do not nominate him and adopt the
principles laid down in his last two great
speeches the party will cease to exist.
This is very candid confession, and is
significant as the opinion of such man
as Mr.. Gorham that the republican party
must continue to be the sectional organ.
ization which it has been from its first
first foundation or else 60 out of exis.
tence,
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Oceans Of Whiskey.

LOUISVILLE, June 9.-At meeting
of the Kentucky Distillers' Association
to-day a resolution recommending the
cessation of the production of whiskey
until October ], 1883, was adopted. At
least 95 per cent. of the producing capac.
ity of the State was represented. An
officer of the association stated that there
was now in bond in Kentucky 100000
gallons of whiskey, of which 100000
gallons were distilled last year. There
Is 100000 gallons in foreign ports
belonging to Kentucky men. and all this
makes the supply great enough to last
three years. He thought there would
not be drop of whiskey distilled in the
State of Kentucky this year. It did not
pay, because the supply was so much
greater than the demand that prices
we're almost nominal. The resolution
just adopted would balance things again,
and every whisksy nan in the country
would be benefited. The resolution goes
into effect on the LIST day of July.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
Betting on .Futures.o

PHILADELPHIA, June 1O.-Judge Cor.
don delivered to day an opinion refusing
the petition of John G. Sterrett for q
maudamus to compel the Electric Re.
porting Company to replace ticker in
his Office. The Judge said: "The peti.
toner admitted by lis demurrer that he
conducts what is known as "bucket
shop" wherein gambling in or wagering
on the price of stocks is carried on; that
no legitimate business in stock dealing is
transacted by the petitioner, and that, in
fact, no stocks whatever are bought OF
sold by him as broker, but that wager.
ing on Cultures" and similar gambling
operations constitute bis main business.
In support of this allegation it is further
ayerred that the fact that the petitioners g
business is of the character described
was iudicially determined in suit iu
another Court of this county. These
being admitted facts, the question arises
whether q Court of equity will, by the
issue of the extraordinary writ prayed
for, aid, protect, and further party in
conducting business of the nature de.
scribed. That wagering on the price of
stocks is form of gambling, and that
contracts of such character are void as
against public policy, does not admit of
doubt or discussion. By numerous de.
cisions such transactions have been held
to be gambling of pernicious and de-
kind, which though they may
not be punishable as crime, are obnox'
ious to public policy and utterly void.
fThe writ of mandamus is not a mat.
ter of right, but its issue is for the sound
of the Court, Equity will
never grant relief where the object
sought to be attained is an immoral one,
or Of pernicious or immoral tendency, or
against public policy. Stock gambling
being of this character, it follows that to
grant the petitioner the relief be asks
would be to give judicial aid and protec.
ton to an admittedly perBicious and un.
lawful business. The mandamus is
therefore refused and the petition dis,
missed at the cost of the petitioner"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-06-16
Is Everything Bogus?

/. a few days ago the New York World
opened crusade against adulterated
food, by publishing an analysis of one
hundred packages purchased at random
from various groceries. This was fol.
lowed up by similar publication regard.
ing the same number of liquor samples.
After having the true inwardness of
our food and drink thus exposed it is
wonder how we manage to exist. 1t is
depressing to be informed that the single
item of butter contains cheap fat, cotton
seed oil, alum, borax, barium, chalk,
gypsum, -four, lead carbonate, yellow
lead chromate, potato flour, salt, soap.
stone, starch and sodium silicate. Flour
is largely composed of chalk. Our tea
leaves are second Hcrapings liked up with
plumbago, gum, indigo, Prussian blue,
tumeris, China clay, mica, soapstone,
Venetian red, carbonate Of copper, sui.
phate of lime, and half a dozen other
things. Our coffee is liable to be paint.
ed. Sugar and spices are 80 badly adul.
terated that they are hardly it for use.
When We come to liquors the situation is
just as bad or worse. Instead of the
pure article ninetenths of our people
drink mixture containing favoring
extracts, tobacco, sulphuric acid, logwood,
cochineal, catechu, coculus indicus OPT
um, coperas, henbane, nu1 vomica,
strychnine, nitric acid, and score of
other adulterations,
The American people are fed upon
these poisons three times day. Now,
what we take into the stomach makes the
man. Eat poison, and there will be
poison in your thoughts and actions.
Bogus food and drink will make bogus
men and women. There are moments
when serious people admit that this is
the age of sham and crankism. How
can it be otherwise when We live on bo.
gus food?
In Turkey when man is found selling
adulterated food his ears are nailed to a
wall. In this country, instead of multi
lating the culprit, we let him mutilate his
customers.
It is to be hoped that the World will
continue its crusade against adulterated
food. We must make it as dangerous to
counterfeit our daily bread as it is to
counterfeit the currency of the country.
It is matter of life and death, and we
cannot afford to neglect it.-Atlanta
Io,, eJ:t,,yso.,
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. Joshua Howard, of CLASSY Mountain

- Joshua Howard, Of CLASSY Mountain
township, upper Greenville, appeared
before United States Commissioner Haw-
thone in this city some time ago as
material witness against accused moon
sinners. In his evidence he incautiously
admitted that he had guided party of
revenue officers in raid on blockade
still in this neighborhood. While he
was working in his field, near the summit
of CLASSY mountain hoeing corn on
Wednesday he was fred on by several
men in tile woods. One bullet passed
through his left thoulder, another went
through his jaw, lodging behind the left
ear, another cut his right ear, and a
fourth passed through his hat. His wife,
who was working in the same field,
dropped her hoe and charged the con.
cealed assassins, who fed. She pursued
them until she was exhausted and then
returned to her husband. There is clue
to the assassins, but they have not yet
been captured. The neighborhood in
which the outrage occurred is the same
in which Deputy Marshal Elkin was
recently shot and in which the horses of
a raiding party received number of
bullets from concealed persons.-Gresn.
viNe News.
= The Legislature of Alabama not
having given heed to the appeal for legis-
lation against sheepkilling dogs, the
county authorities are going to attend to
the case. The county of Cherokee has
already gone to work, and the experiment
will be regarded with interest outside of
Alabama. Under the Cherokee law one
dog is exempt to each family. All others
are taxed $3.50. The exempt dog and
the dogs they pay tax on must wear col
lars. Keeping dog without collar
subjects the owner to fine of not less
than S25. Putting collar on dog not
exempt that they have not paid tax on
subjects the owner to fine of $50. On
the 1st of July owners must go to the
township trustees, report their dogs and
get license. Trustees are allowed IS
cents per dog for collecting and issuing
licenses. The proceeds of the tax go to
the township school fund.